Thursday, March 17, 2016

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director
Sarah Saldana gave a baffling — and seemingly inaccurate — explanation
during a Senate hearing on Tuesday for why federal immigration agents
failed to detain an illegal alien who killed a 21-year-old Iowa woman in
a drunken street race in Omaha in January.
ICE ignored a detainer request made by the Omaha police department
last month for 19-year-old Eswin Mejia, Saldana said, because his
victim, Sarah Root, had “not passed away” at the time the illegal alien
drunk driver bailed out of jail.
That comment appears to be inaccurate since Root died hours after the
Jan. 31 crash, in which Mejia was street racing with a .241
blood-alcohol level — three times the legal limit.
Mejia, a Honduran national, left jail on Feb. 5 after posting $5,000 bail. He is now on the run.Keep on reading…